#davidoleyowo

All six of the nominees demonstrated why they either are or will be staples of Hollywood. Steve Carell takes on a very serious and strange role in Foxcatcher. Bradley Cooper demonstrates the issues surrounding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in American Sniper. Michael Keaton plays a washed up actor attempting to revitalize his career in Birdman. Joaquin Phoenix plays a hippie private investigator in Inherent Vice. Eddie Redmayne does a great job impersonating Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. However, David Oyelowo gives the performance of the year as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma. The Huddy for Actor in a Leading Role goes to David Oyelowo.